ITOGON-SUYOC MINES v. SANGILO-ITOGON WORKERS’ UNION
December 24, 1964 | Zaldivar, J. | Retaliatory discharge/Idirect discrimiatio | !oe"ero Itogo#$%yoc &ies, Ic. 'I$&I( Jose )aldo, $agilo#Itogo *or+ers -io '$I*-(, ad !o%rt o Id%strial Relatios SUMMARY: )aldo as a I$&I mier ho as a member o $I*-, the rival %io o Itogo 0abor -io 'I0-(. )aldo as give a #day otice o se3aratio hich he a33ealed to the grievace committee com3osed o I$&I maagemet ad I0- oicers hich had a !) ith I$&I. 5lat egieer elladoga told him he o%ld be reistated i he re%sed to testiy i the certiicatio case agaist I$&I, b%t )aldo did ayay, hich led to the case o )aldo7s a33ealed se3aratio rom I$&I beig dro33ed. 8he !IR 3rosec%tor charged I$&I ith -05. 8he $! i this case airmed the !IR decisio to r eistate )aldo ith bac+ages. DOCTRINE: Dismissal i retaliatio o testimoy agaist the em3loyer costit%tes -05. &oreover, the matter o gratig bac+ ages or bac+3ay to a em3loyee that is reistated reistated is discretioa discretioary ry ith the !IR '$ectio '$ectio :c;, R <=> coirmed coirmed i -ited -ited ?m3loyees *elare ss7. vs. Isaac 5eral )olig lleys ad -io o 5@ ?d%catio !o. ?m3loyees vs. 5?!( PETITIONER:
RESPONDENTS:
FACTS:
. &aaois ad Jose )aldo ere dismissed by I$&I J%e 9, 19= ad &arch , 19<, res3ectively, res3ectively, beca%se o $I*- membershi3 ad or havig testiied agaist I$&- i a certiicatio electio. )aldo started or+ig as I$&I mier sometime i 194 %til Aebr%ary 4, 19< he he as give a o B#day otice o termiatio o em3loymetB eective &arch , 19<. )aldo re%sed to sig recei3t o otice he as+ed by &ory, &ory, I$&I mie7s s%3eritedet, as he as o o 1 days vacatio leave ith 3ay immediately 3rior to his beig served otice d%rig the hearig o the certiicatio case i Itogo, &as%eto elladoga, 3lat egieer, ormer I$&I o labor relatios oicer, ad ormer C5 or Itogo 0abor -io 'I0-( as+ed )aldo ot to testiy so that he o%ld be reistated the case o )aldo7s se3aratio rom I$&I hich as 3edig cosideratio at that time ith the o grievace committee o the %io ad maagemet as immediately Bdro33edB ater )aldo testiied i the certiicatio case Bbeca%se )aldo bro%ght his case to a rival %io o I0-.B Aor these dismissals, o ovember 1<, 19<, a ctig 5rosec%tor o the !o%rt o Id%strial Relatios '!IR( charged I$&I ad its eeral $%3eritedet !la%de Aertig ith %air labor 3ractices ithi the meaig o $ectio 4'a(, 3aragra3hs 1, 4 ad o R <= I$&I admitted the act o the dismissal b%t said they ere or "%st ad la%l ca%ses, amely, Bieiciecy, Bieiciecy, %tter disregard ad violatio o saety r%les ad reg%latios or the 3rotectio o the lives o I$&I em3loyees ad 3ro3erties, %tter disregard o I$&I 3ro3erty ad 3oor attedace records.B 8he !IR r%led o Ectober , 196 that . &aaoiss dismissal as "%st, b%t that I$&I as g%ilty o -05 i dismissig Jose )aldo, ad m%st reistate him ith bac+ ages. I$&I iled &R ith !IR en banc hich hich as deied Ectober 2=, 196.
I$$-?F *hether I$&I sho%ld be charged ith -05GH?$ R8IEF '1(
8he idi idigs gs o o the the !IR !IR sho sho that that I$&I I$&I 3er3e 3er3etrat trated ed -05 -05
)aldo had "oied $I*- hich as +o to I$&I maagemet at the time he as give #day otice
)aldo bro%ght his case to the grievace committee o the Itogo 0abor -io ad I$&I maagemet o the 3etitioer ith a vie to sec%r ig his reistatemet 8he case o )aldo as 3edig beor e the grievace committee he he as as+ed by elladoga, ot to testiy i the hearig o the certiicatio electio case so that he o%ld be reistated to his "ob ter )aldo had th%s testiied his case as dro33ed by the grievace committee, ad he as ever reistated, leadig %s to the cocl%sio that they are ca%sally coected 8his cocl%sio is bolstered by the act that I$&I had o33osed the 3etitio or certiicatio electio
!IR o%d that )aldo had ot committed a serio%s oese to arrat his immediate dismissal
8here is evidece that Aertig as at that time actig as adviser o the I0-, the rival -io o $I*-
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I$&I m%st 3ay bac+ages to )aldo or the time this case had bee 3edig.
*he a em3loyer commits -05 he sho%ld be made to sho%lder all cose%eces o his %air acts
8he !IR had ot ab%sed its discretio he it ordered the grat o bac+ ages
